a'-ben

Updated: May 8, 2025

"Guess we're all his friends in Flamsted I heered they fit in the shed, Champ an' Jim McCann it hadn't ought 'a'-ben, Aileen hadn't ought 'a'-ben; but't warn't Champ's fault, you may bet your life on thet. Champ went under, but he didn't stay under you remember thet, Aileen.

Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller - Flamsted quarries